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1912 11 Aug
191- |
While ‘Abdu’l-Baha was in New York, He sent word to the Baha’is of Chicago that the House of Spirituality should be reorganized and a new election held. He chose Howard MacNutt, to travel to Chicago as His personal representative. MacNutt was instructed to hold a new election for a “Spiritual Meeting” of the Bahá'ís of Chicago. For the first time, women were eligible for election to this body..
MacNutt arrived in Chicago on August 8th. At ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s instructions, a feast was held on August 10, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Lesch, where the entire Chicago Bahá'í community was invited to be the guests of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. MacNutt delivered to the community ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s message of unity and love. The election was held the following day the 11th of August. On Sunday evening, the 1rth of August, the Chicago Assembly selected a "Spiritual Meeling'' of nine, composed of men and women. whose service-according to the wish of Abdul-Ilahá -is, first, to propagate the teachings of the Revelation, and, second, to attend to other matters necessary lo the welfare of the assembly. [SoW Vol 3 No 9 20 August 1912 p16] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Local Spiritual Assembly, election; Spiritual Assemblies; Women | the first spiritual assembly to include women | |||||
1919 20 Sep
191- |
Martha Root arrived in Argentina, the first recorded visit of a Bahá'í to this country. [MR101]
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- First Bahá'ís by country or area; Andes Mountains; Argentina; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Martha Root | the first recorded visit of a Bahá'í to Argentina | |||||
1910 29 Aug
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá departed for Egypt on board the steamer Kosseur London accompanied by two attendants, Mírzá Munír-i-Zayn and 'Abdu'l-Husayn. Upon arrival he telegrammed the Bahá'í in Haifa that he was in Egypt. Shoghi Effendi was asked to come two days later. [AB133-168; ABF5; BBRXXX; GPB280; AB134-135; Bahá'í News #12 16Oct1910 pg206; the Message from the Universal House of Justice dated August 29, 2010]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt; Firsts, other; Haifa, Israel; Isabella Grinevskaya; Kosseur London (ship); Port Said, Egypt; Proclamation; Ramleh, Egypt; Ships; Zaytun (Zeitoun), Iran | The first public proclamation of the Faith. | |||||
1911 3 Jun
191- |
Ghodsea Khanoum Ashraf (Qudsíyyih Ashraf) (b. 22 November 1889 in Majidābād, d. 16 April 1976 in Tehran) arrived in the United States together with Dr. Lutfullah Hakim and four others. On the final leg of her journey from Southhampton to New York City aboard the RMS Mauretania, she was accompanied by Louis Gregory. She was the first Persian woman to travel to the country and as such, received considerable press coverage. [BFA2:358]
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- Biography; Firsts, other; Ghodsieh Ashraf (Qudsiyyih Ashraf); Iran; Majidabad, Iran; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; Tehran, Iran; United States (USA) | The first Persian woman to travel in the USA. | |||||
1919 (In the year)
191- |
The first Norwegian to accept the Faith, Johanna Christensen-Schubarth, `the mother of the Norwegian Bahá'í Community', became a Bahá'í in the United States. [BW12:694-696]. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Norway | The first Norwegian to accept the Faith, Johanna Christensen-Schubarth | |||||
1912 17 Dec
191- |
A Bahá'í arrived from Ireland to see 'Abdu'l-Bahá, possibly Joan Waring, after travelling all day and all night. Miss Waring was possibly the first native believer in Ireland. She contributed to the Wilmette Temple Fund in 1913 and on the 26th of October 1914 she married Thomas Fforde. On the 29th of June 1919 they wrote to Àbdu'l-Bahá expressing gratitude that He had survived the War. [Bahá'í Council website; Early Irish Baha'is: Issues of Religious, Cultural, and National Identity by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Ireland; London, England; United Kingdom | The first native believer in Ireland. | |||||
22 or 27 Sep
191- |
The marriage of Louis G. Gregory and Louisa ("Louise") A. M. Mathew, the first interracial Bahá'í couple, who met while on pilgrimage and whom 'Abdul-Bahá had encouraged to marry. They exchanged Bahá'í vows after the rites performed by Rev. Everard W. Daniel, curate of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, perhaps the most prestigious African American church in the country, in a private ceremony in his residence. In a "Tablet" (translated March 14, 1914). She was 46 and he was 8 years younger. [SYH73-75, 91]
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Firsts, other; Interracial marriage; Louis G. Gregory; Louise Gregory; Marriage; New York, USA; Race; United States (USA); Unity; Weddings | the first interracial Bahá’í couple | |||||
1911 6 Nov
191- |
This morning's talk at His apartment was Spiritual Aspiration in the West. [ABF161-163, PT70-72]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; France; Paris, France | the first French Bahá'í from a Catholic background | |||||
1916 (in the year)
191- |
Anthony Yuen Seto and his wife Mamie Lorettta O'Connor became Bahá'ís in Hawaii. Mr Seto was the first Chinese Bahá'í in the Hawaiian Islands and the first Chinese-American Bahá'í in the United States. [PH30; BW13p886-889] | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Hawaii, USA | The first Chinese-American Bahá'í in the United States. the first Chinese Bahá í in the Hawaiian Islands | |||||
1916 Apr or May
191- |
The first Chinese Bahá'í in China, Chen Hai An (Harold A. Chen), became a Bahá'í while studying at the University of Chicago through the efforts of Dr Zia Baghdádí. He returned to Shanghai that same year. [PH29-30; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 6min40sec]
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- First Bahá'ís by country or area; Chicago, IL; China; United States (USA); Zia Bagdadi | The first Chinese Bahá'í in China | |||||
1919 19 Sep
191- |
Martha Root arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, the first Bahá'í to visit the country.
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Martha Root; Montevideo, Uruguay; Uruguay | the first Bahá'í to visit Uruguay | |||||
1919 Late
191- |
Martha Root visited Cuba for one day, the first Bahá'í to do so, and lectured on the Bahá'í Faith. | Cuba; Martha Root | the first Bahá'í to visit Cuba | |||||
1919 (In the year)
191- |
After joining the Bahá'í Faith, Dorothy Champ (b. Loudoun County, Virginia, 23 February, 1893, d. East Providence, RI 28 November, 1979), went on to be a lifelong lecturer and teacher of the Faith. She was also the first African American elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New York City. [LoSp61-62; Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p20] | Dorothy Champ; New York, USA; United States (USA) | The first African American elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York City | |||||
1915 16 Jun
191- |
Miss Margaret Green of Washington DC arrived in Alaska, the first known resident Bahá'í. She settled in Juneau from 1915 to 1918 and worked as a public librarian. [NSA site] | Alaska, USA; Margaret Green; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | Margaret Green is the first know resident Bahá'í in Alaska. | |||||
1911 11 Aug
191- |
The beginning of `Abdu'l-Bahá's first Western tour [AB139]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Bandar Anzali, Iran; Donations; Egypt; France; Funds; London, England; Marseilles, France; Musa Naghiyev; Musa Naqiof; Orenoque; S. S. Corsica; Ships; Thonon-les-Bains, France; United Kingdom | First Western tour by `Abdu'l-Bahá' | |||||
1911
191- |
Star of the West volumes chronicled both the first and second Western journeys of `Abdu'l-Bahá. | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Star of the West | First Western journey of `Abdu'l-Bahá | |||||
1912 21 or 22 Dec
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá witnessed His first dramatic performance. It was a mystery Christmas play entitled Eager Heart written by Miss Alice Buckton and performed at the Church House, Westminster before an audience of 1,200. [SoW Vol III no 19 2March1913 p 7, CH154, AB34]
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* Arts and crafts; - Drama; - Plays; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Alice Buckton; Eager Heart (play); London, England; Loulie A. Mathews; United Kingdom; Westminster, England | First time `Abdu'l-Bahá attends a theatre performance | |||||
1912 23 Apr
191- |
Talk at Howard University, Washington, D.C. Howard University had been founded in 1867 to educate the newly freed slaves and by 1912 it was one of the foremost black universities in the country. It is reported that well over a thousand students, faculty members, administrators and guests jammed into the Rankin Chapel as 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke with Louis Gregory standing beside Him. The Howard University Journal, 26 April 1912, published His entire address. [PUP44, APD29, 239Dp40; Mahmúd's Diary p50-54; SoW Vol 3 No 3 April 28, 1912 p14]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at universities; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Admiral Peary; Agnes Parsons; `Alí Kulí Khán; Howard University; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | first time 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the race issue in America | |||||
1913 14 Oct
191- |
Daniel Jenkyn, from England, made a two-week trip through the Netherlands, the first time a Bahá'í journeyed to the country to teach the Faith. [SBR43–4] | Daniel Jenkyn; Netherlands; Travel teaching | First teaching trip to the Netherlands | |||||
1912 In the year
191- |
The first publication of the book that has come to be titled Paris Talks initially called Talks by Abdul Baha Given in Paris. Prior to this, in the autumn of 1911, Mornings Spent with Abdul Baha Abbas in London and Paris had been published which, of course, did not include information from His visit the following year. |
* Publications; * Translation; - First publications; Paris Talks (book) | first publications of Paris Talks. | |||||
1919 18 Nov
191- |
The periodical entitled "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed by Miss Ella Roberts from 1919 to 1924. [Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories,
edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon p.782-783]
Margaret Randall told of the establishment of a Bahá'í Junior Magazine and asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá for a name for it. The Master was told who had charge of it, and His face lighted up with a beautiful smile as He said: "The name is The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom. Who writes it? This (name) is suitable for it.[WHR128-129] |
* Publications; - First publications; - Periodicals; Children; Haifa, Israel; Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom; United States (USA); Youth | first publication for Bahá'í youth. | |||||
1911 10 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá gave His first public address in the West in the City Temple Church in Holborn, London to an audience of over 2,000 people. He proclaimed that "This is a new cycle of human power…the gift of God in this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and the fundamental oneness of religion." [ABL17-20, AB140; BW2:227; GPB283–4, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p11]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Firsts, other; London, England; United Kingdom | first public address in West by `Abdu'l-Bahá | |||||
1912 14 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá spoke from the pulpit of the Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street, New York at the invitation of Percy Stickney Grant who was later reprimanded by his bishop, Bishop Burch, for inviting 'Abdu'l-Bahá, unbaptized, to sit in the red plush Bishop's Chair behind the alter rail. This was in violation of church protocol and created a great controversy. [ABF22, 239D:21–3, PUP11, 239 Days in America Day52; Mahmúd's Diary p43-44; SoW Vol 3 No 3 April 28, 1912 p6]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; New York, USA; Percy Grant; United States (USA) | first public address given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in North America. | |||||
1913 7 Jan
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a crowd of several hundred Theosophists. The Theosophical Society (founded 1875) promoted brotherhood, the importance of Eastern philosophies and the search for spiritual and psychic truths. Edinburgh had one of the most active centres in Europe.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Cypress trees; Edinburgh, Scotland; Esperanto; Patrick Geddes; Scotland; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom | first public address by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Scotland. | |||||
1912 11 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in New York. [AB172; GPB281; APD3-5; SoW Vol 3 No 3 p3; Mahmúd's Diary p38-39] As the ship that finally brought "'Abdu'l-Bahá to the shores of the American continent passed by the Statue of Liberty, He threw His arms wide open in greeting, saying "There is the new world's symbol of liberty and freedom. After being 40 years a prisoner I can tell you that freedom is not a matter of place. It is a condition. Unless one accept dire vicissitudes he will not attain. When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed a release." ['Abdu'l-Bahá in Their Midst p.56; SYH54]
He was accompanied by:
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Biography; - Consuls; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Alí Kulí Khán; Edward Kinney; Mahmuds Diary; New York, USA; Topakyan, Mr.; United States (USA) | first private home where he gave a talk was at the Kinney’s | |||||
1911 Aug
191- |
Hájí Muhammad-Taqí Afnán, Vakílu'd-Dawlih, the cousin of the Báb largely responsible for the building of the House of Worship in `Ishqábád, was buried in the newly acquired Bahá'í cemetery in Haifa, the earliest recorded burial in the cemetery. [BBD51; DH182]
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- Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - In Memoriam; Afnan; Báb, Family of; Cemeteries and graves; Firsts, other; Haifa, Israel; Hájí Muhammad-Taqi Afnan (Vakilud-Dawlih); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad | First known use of the Bahá'í Cemetery in Haifa. | |||||
1910 21 Mar
191- |
The first issue of the Bahá'í News was published in Chicago. [BFA2:XVII; BW10:179; BWNS1289]
For an access to the Star of the West archives see http://www.starofthewest.info. This site is not searchable. |
* Publications; - First publications; - Periodicals; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bahá'í News (US); Chicago, IL; Star of the West; United States (USA) | First issue of Bahá'í News; first Bahá'í magazine | |||||
1915 19-25 Apr
191- |
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco and the 24th of April was declared International Bahá'í Congress Day. [BW8:797-808]
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- Conferences, International; Conferences, Other; San Francisco, CA; United States (USA) | first International Baha'i Congress | |||||
1911 26 - 29 Jul
191- |
The First Universal Races Congress was held at the University of London. It was the first important conference in which the British Bahá'ís participated. It was an international symposium on the theme of the brotherhood of humankind and attracted leading politicians, theologians and scholars from the whole of the British Empire and from Europe as well as North America. During the Congress itself there were several presentations from Bahá'ís including the reading of a letter from 'Abdu'l-Bahá who was in Egypt at the time. [NBAD45]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Alain Locke; Conferences, Race Amity; Firsts, other; London, England; Race; Race amity; Race unity; Thornton Chase; United Kingdom; Wellesley Tudor Pole | first important conference in which the British Bahá'ís participated. | |||||
1919 (In the year)
191- |
Ms. Dorothy Champ (b. 23 February, 1893, Loudoun County, Virginia. d. 28 November, 1979, East Providence, RI) became a Bahá'í and went on to become a great teacher of the Faith. She had been a designer, singer, model and dancer. She was so inspired by the Faith that she had given up her career to teach. Ms. Champ was the first black person elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New York City. [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p20; LoS61-62] | Dorothy Champ; New York, USA | first black person elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York City. | |||||
1912 (In the year)
191- |
Margaret Stevenson was the first believer in New Zealand. [New Zealand Bahá'í News, May 1997]
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- First Bahá'ís by country or area; Margaret Stevenson; New Zealand | first believer in New Zealand.; first group in New Zealand | |||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
Charles Mason Remey and Howard Struven arrived in Shanghai and met with Áqá Mírzá `Abdu'l-Baqí Yazdí. They were probably the first Bahá'ís from the West to go to China. [PH25; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 5min45sec] | Aqa Mírzá `Abdu'l-Baqi Yazdi; Charles Mason Remey; China; Firsts, other; Howard Struven; Shanghai, China | First Bahá'ís from West to go to China | |||||
1916 summer
191- |
Mr Vasily Eroshenko, a young blind Russian, visited Thailand, the first Bahá'í to do so. | - Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Thailand | First Bahá'í to visit Thailand | |||||
1914 Jun
191- |
George Augur arrived in Japan. [BFA2:53; SBR191]
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George Augur; Japan | First Bahá'í to reside in Japan | |||||
1917 (In the year)
191- |
At this time there were eleven Persian Bahá'ís in Shanghai. Through the efforts of Aqa Mirza Ahmad and Ridi Tabrizi a Bahá'í pamphlet was published, probably the first Bahá'í publication in the Chinese language. It included 'Abdu'l-Bahá's twelve principles and passages from His explanation of the spiritual significance of the European War. The pamphlet include a picture of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and was also published in Persian. [PH31; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 7 min 42 sec] | * Publications; Shanghai, China | first Bahá'í publication in China | |||||
1911 (In the year)
191- |
The earliest records available indicate that the first Bahá'í meetings in South Africa were held by Mrs Agnes Cook of Protea Avenue, Sea Point. She held meetings on the 19th day of each calendar month. [PHBFp8] | - First believers; Point Sea, South Africa; South Africa | first Bahá'í meetings in South Africa | |||||
1915 11 Oct
191- |
Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Freeport, New York. [SBR15]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; - In Memoriam; Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Freeport, NY; Howard MacNutt; James F. Brittingham; New York, USA; United States (USA) | first Bahá'í classes in New York City. First public meetings in New York City. First person to become a Bahá'í in New York City-James Brittingham; | |||||
1911 3 May
191- |
Aurelia Bethlen, a Hungarian who had come to the United States in 1892 and had become a Bahá'í in New York City about 1905-6, departed from San Francisco on the first around the world teaching trip undertaken by a Bahá'í woman. [BFA2:351–3] | Aurelia Bethlen; Hungary; San Francisco, CA; Travel teaching | First around the world teaching trip by Bahá'í woman | |||||
1919 25 Oct
191- |
Martha Root arrived in Panama, the first Bahá'í to visit the country. She spent one week there. [MRp108-109] | Martha Root; Panama | the first Bahá'í to visit Panama, | |||||
1912 13 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá visited Phoebe Hearst at her estate, at her invitation. [239D:168; AB307; MD326-331]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; California, USA; Hearst Estate; Misconduct of believers; Phoebe Hearst; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 31 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá visited Oxford at the invitation of Dr Thomas Kelly Cheyne to address a meeting at Manchester College. [BW4p384-385, AB352–354, ABIM284, Journey West 20130210; Ahmad Sohrab's Diary - The Great Tour p99; The Dawn Vol 1 No 2 October 1923 p2]
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- Biography; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne; Judy Greenway; Oxford, England; Stephen Lambden; Thomas Kelly Cheyne; United Kingdom | ||||||
1913 7 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Bad Mergentheim by automobile to visit the hotel and mineral bath owned by Consul Schwarz (later named Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi). [AB383]
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- Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Albert Schwarz; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bad Mergentheim, Germany; Cars; Germany; Monuments; Portraits; World War II | ||||||
1913 30 Mar
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled from Paris to Stuttgart. [AB379]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Baqirof-Khamsi (Sadat-i-Khams); France; Germany; Paris, France; Siyyid Ahmad Khamsi-Baqirof; Stuttgart, Germany | ||||||
1911 22 Aug - 3 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá took up residence at Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Leman (Lake Geneva). [AB140; GPB280; SBR219]
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- Persecution; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Board of Council; Elizabeth Stewart; France; Horace Holley; Italy; Juliet Thompson; King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Lake Geneva; Lillian Kappes; London, England; Marseilles, France; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); New York, USA; Ships; Spiritual Assemblies; Switzerland; Thonon-les-Bains, France; United Kingdom; United States (USA); Unity; Zillus-Sultan | ||||||
1912 12 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá took a ferry to New Jersey then a train to Montclair where He addressed the congregation of the Montclair Unity Church before returning to New York to speak to the International Peace Forum at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church on
West 104th Street, New York where He spoke to 2,000 people. [239D:66; AB191, PUP113, PUP116]
He used the situation in Libya as an example of the senselessness of war. See Promulgation of Universal Peace p119] |
- International peace conferences; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Colonialism and imperialism; Montclair, NJ; New Jersey, USA; New York, USA; Peace; Trains; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 5 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá sailed on the S. S. Celtic of the White Star Line from New York to Liverpool. [239D:193–4; AB337; GPB281]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Liverpool, England; New York, USA; S. S. Celtic; Ships; United Kingdom; United States (USA) | ||||||
1916 26 Mar-22 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá revealed eight of the Tablets of the Divine Plan. [AB420; BBD219 BBRSM157; SBBH132-3; TDPX; Message 29 December 2015]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel; Tablets of the Divine Plan | ||||||
1912 16 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to San Francisco. Mrs Hearst asked Him if she could accompany Him. [AB308; 239 Days; MD330]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); Covenant-breakers (individuals); Phoebe Hearst; San Francisco, CA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 25 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left San Francisco for Sacramento and arrived at noon the same day. In addition to members of His entourage, Mirza Mahmud, Dr Ameen Allah Fareed and Ahmad Sohrab Mirza Ali Akbar and Fugita, He was accompanied by some of the friends and among them were Mrs Goodall, her mother Mrs 'Cooper, and Mrs Ralston. Upon His arrival at the Central Pacific Arcade Station He was met by Christine Fraser, who operated a `Home of Truth' in Sacramento. The Homes of Truth were based on the teachings of New Thought developed by Emma Curtis Hopkins. Christine Fraser and Carrie York, another associated with the Home of Truth, took Him to their facility for lunch. [239D:171; SBBH6 Community Histories p245-246]
At 5PM He arrived at His hotel, the Hotel Sacramento and gave a talk. The following day an article appeared in the Sacramento Bee reporting on the talk. [Remembering 'Abdu'l-Baha's Call for Unity, a Century after World War I Bahá'í World News Service 2018-11-26; PUP370; MD348-351] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 19 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá clarified His station as the Centre of the Covenant. It is widely believed that He named New York the `City of the Covenant' on this occasion but no substantiation can be found, however, Shoghi Effendi noted that He did call New York City the "City of the Covenant" (CoF158; GPB288 refer). [239D:93; AB220; BBD55, ABNY51; DJT315-316]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Center of the Covenant (concept); City of the Covenant (New York); Covenant; Juliet Thompson; Lua Getsinger; Names and titles; New York, USA; Portraits; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 14–16 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá attended the eighteenth annual Conference on International Peace and Arbitration at Lake Mohonk, presenting the first address during the second session of the conference. [239D:67–9; AB193; ABF15; MD101] "His early public references in North America to the purpose of His visit there placed particular emphasis on the invitation of the organizing committee of the Lake Mohonk Peace Conference for Him to address this international gathering." [BWNS1297]
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- Conferences, International; - International peace conferences; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Lake Mohonk, NY; Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration; New York, USA; Peace; Peace; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 23 Aug
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Malden, Massachusetts, for a week-long stay, making trips to Boston and Cambridge. He stayed in the home of Miss Marie P. Wilson [239D:131; AB251–2; BW5p84; Abdu'l-Bahá in America 1912-2012]
'Abdu'l-Bahá spent a total of 10 days in the house of Miss Wilson. Upon her passing in 1930 she willed the house to Shoghi Effendi and he asked the National Assembly to manage the property on his behalf. On the 27th of September, 1935 he executed a deed of trust transferring the property to the Trustees for the benefit of the NSA. [BW7p84] At some point during the visit He attended the wedding of Ruby Breed, the younger sister of Florence Breed. The wedding was held in the Breed home and was presided over by an Episcopalian minister. [AY96] On this date a short report was published in The Boston Post that noted ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s plan to speak on the pressing issue of peace. [Remembering 'Abdu'l-Baha's Call for Unity, a Century after World War I Bahá'í World News Service 2018-11-26] |
- Newspapers and news media (press); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Boston, MA; Cambridge, England; Malden, MA; Massachusetts, USA; United States (USA); Weddings | ||||||
1912 24 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá and the white Bahá'ís served the Black Bahá'ís at a dinner at the Kinney's. [239D:187] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Carrie Kinney; Edward Kinney; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1911 30 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the Theosophical Society in London, His last talk in England on this visit. He met the Theosophical society at their new Headquarters at the express request of their president Mrs. Annie Besant. After a general history of the movement and sympathetic words of welcome by Mr. A. P. Sinnett, 'Abdu'l-Bahá rose and delivered to the crowded assembly an address upon the distinctive notes of the Bahá'í teaching, warmly commending the eagerness of the Society in its search for Truth. The tenants of the Society were a belief in the brotherhood of man and the equality of all religions. [ABL26-30, 58 AB152, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p.19, SYH38] iiiii | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Annie Besant; London, England; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 13 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, very unwell, attended a reception and gave a talk to the New York Peace Society at the Hotel Astor where He was the guest of honour. [239D:67; AB192, PUP123, APD67]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Association d’Études Bahá’íes, Europe francophone; India; New York, USA; Peace; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 28 Jul
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá's spoke at the Parsons home. [APD79-80]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 26 Jul
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá's and His companions took up residence at one of the two Parsons home in Dublin, NH, a resort area. The house in question is named "Day-Spring". [APD7376]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Agnes Parsons; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1915 Latter half
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá's Memorials of the Faithful began to take shape. [AB417; MFXII]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel; Memorials of the Faithful (book) | ||||||
1913 10 Jul
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá went to Ismá`ílíyyah, where the weather is less humid. He took up short-term residence at the Hotel Vaseteef. [AB399–400; |
* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Egypt; Ismailia, Egypt | ||||||
1912 9 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá was taken to the Grand Trunk Railway station where departed Montreal on His way to Buffalo arrived in Buffalo by train from Montreal. [239D:139; AB265] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; Buffalo, NY; Canada; Montreal, QC; Trains | ||||||
1913 13 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá was sick and the weather was bitterly cold. He went to the studio of Professor Robert A. Nadler of the Royal Academy of Art to sit for a portrait. He gave him a total of three sittings during His visit to Budapest. [AB387, MRHK368-9]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary; Portraits; Robert A. Nadler; War (general); World War II | ||||||
1912 18 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá visited the library of J. Pierpont Morgan and inscribed his album with a blessing for his philanthropy. [239D:186–7]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; J. Pierpont Morgan; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 19 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá visited the grave of Thornton Chase in Inglewood. [239D:169; AB309; MD337-339]
"As many times as possible-at least once a year-you should make it a point to visit his tomb, for his spirit will be exhilarated through the loyalty of the friends, and in the world of God will it be happy. The friends of God must be kind to one another, whether it be in life or after death." [SoW Vol 4 No 13 p225] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Cemeteries and graves; Inglewood, CA; Thornton Chase; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 21 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá visited Omaha, left at midnight and arrived three hours later in Lincoln, Nebraska. [239D:151] News reached Àbdu'l-Bahá of the impending conflict in the Balkan Peninsula. [Àbdu'l-Bahá in America |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Lincoln, NE; Nebraska, USA; Omaha, NE | ||||||
1913 17 Jul
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Ramleh. It was hoped that the drier climate would be more salubrious than the humidity of Port Said and Ismá`ílíyyah for He was still not well. He and his attendants stayed at the Victoria Hotel initially. The remainder of His party that had remained in Port Said joined Him on the 24th of July and His daughter Touba Khanum with her son Rouhi arrived from Haifa. At this time Ramleh was a modern Egyptian town with all the conveniences of western civilization. It was a summer resort for the most important European officials in the service of the Egyptian government and also for the native Pashas. [AB400; Note: Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Ali M Yazdi says that He returned to Ramleh on the 3rd of July. |
* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Egypt; Ramleh, Egypt | ||||||
1912 3 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Milford, Pennsylvania. [AB208] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Milford, ON; Pennsylvania, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 15 Jan
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Bristol and stayed at the Clifton Guest House which belonged to Mr and Mrs Tudor-Pole. He was accompanied by the Persian ambassador, Dúst-Muhammad Khán. In the evening He addressed a meeting in the Guest House with 120 people in attendence. [AB369; Some Sacred Spaces in the United Kingdom Slides 2-21] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Bristol, England; Dust-Muhammad Khan; United Kingdom; Wellesley Tudor Pole | ||||||
1912 22 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Boston, arriving the same day. [239D:71; AB198]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 11 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Baltimore by train and arrived at Camden Station at 11AM. He was accompanied by Dr. Ameen Fareed and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (interpreters), Mirza Mahmud, Mirza 'Ali Akah, Mirza Valiollah Khan, Dr. Zia Bagdadi, and Saya Assadollah [239D:183; AB329]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Trains; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 8 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá took a morning train from Pittsburgh, arriving in Washington DC that night for His second visit to that city. [239D:64; AB189; SBR81]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Pittsburgh, PA; Trains; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1912 9 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a capacity gathering at the Parsons' home. He noted that religious ministers in Washington were denouncing Him and the Cause. [APD61-63] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Agnes Parsons; Opposition; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1912 8 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá spoke at Leland Stanford Junior University in Palo Alto. [239D:166 AB288, PUP348; ]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at universities; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Palo Alto, CA; United States (USA); Universities | ||||||
1917 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá sent a message to the Bahá'ís of the world assuring them of His safety. [AB412]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel; Hájí Ramadan; Tehran, Iran; World War I | ||||||
1917 2 Feb-8 Mar
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá revealed six Tablets of the Divine Plan. [AB422; BBD219, Message 29 December 2015]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Haifa, Israel; Tablets of the Divine Plan | ||||||
1913 8 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to Stuttgart, then left in the evening for Budapest, changing trains in Vienna the next morning. To this date no travel teacher had visited Budapest and there were no resident believers. [ABM316]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Budapest, Hungary; Germany; Hungary; Stuttgart, Germany; Trains; Wilhelm Herrigel | ||||||
1912 4 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to New York. [AB208] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 1 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to New York. [AB206]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Juliet Thompson; New York, USA; Portraits; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 30 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to New York after visiting Mr Topakyan, the Persian Consul General, in Morristown. [239D:103; AB225–6] | - Consuls; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Morristown, NJ; New Jersey, USA; New York, USA; Topakyan, Mr.; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 10 Jan
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to London departing from Waverly Station at 11 AM and arriving at Euston Station at 7 PM. He returned to the home of Lady Blomfield at 97 Cadogan Gardens. She devotedly placed her whole apartment at His disposal, whilst she herself (certainly in 1913) stayed a few moments away with Lady Elcho in 62 Cadogan Square (now likely 58). [AB368, SCU109-113, Ahmad Sohrab's Diary, Edinburgh, 1913, David Merrick p8]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; London, England; United Kingdom | ||||||
1913 16 Jan
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to London and spoke at 97 Cadogan Gardens. He spoke about the diversity of those entering the Faith and the recommended way to conduct a meeting. [AB370, ABTM302-303] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; London, England; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 24 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá received many expensive Christmas gifts; He turned them all away by returning them and asking the donors to sell them and give the money to the poor.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Charity and relief work; Gifts; London, England; United Kingdom | ||||||
1913 18 Jan
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá received guests from the Muslim Community of Britain and was asked to speak at the Shah Jehan Mosque at Woking, one of the two mosques in England at the time and the first built in England and perhaps Western Europe. He spoke on the subject of the Unity of Religions and translation was done by Mírzá Ahmad Sohrab. [CH152, AB370, BW3p278-279, BW4p377]
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* Interfaith dialogue; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Mosques; Surrey, BC; United Kingdom; Unity of religion; Woking, England | ||||||
1912 11 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Washington for New York City, arriving the same day. [239D:64–5, AB190, APD66-67] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; New York, USA; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1913 24 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Vienna and returned to Stuttgart, where He arrived in the early hours of the next morning. [AB389]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Austria; Germany; Stuttgart, Germany; Vienna, Austria | ||||||
1913 1 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Stuttgart and returned to Paris. [AB391]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; France; Germany; Paris, France; Stuttgart, Germany | ||||||
1912 18 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left San Francisco for Los Angeles, arriving the same day. [239D:169; AB309]
Having heard that 'Abdu'l-Bahá was in Los Angeles, Mabel Rice-Wray took children Edris and Colston to the hotel where the Master was staying. They spent over an hour with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His room. Both Edris and Colston sat on 'Abdu'l-Bahá's knee and were given cookies. Some years later, in response to a letter from their mother, 'Abdu'l-Bahá bestowed the name Rawshan ("brilliance") on Edris, and Ruqi on Colston, and revealed in their honour the well-known prayer for children that begins: "O my Lord! O my Lord! I am a child of tender years. Nourish me from the breast of Thy mercy ... " [Find a grave Edris Rawshan Wray] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, prayers of; Los Angeles, CA; Mabel Rice-Wray Ives; San Francisco, CA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 10 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Philadelphia and returned to New York, arriving the same day. [239D:88; AB211] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; New York, USA; Philadelphia, PA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 12 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Paris for Marseilles, arriving the same evening. [AB395] In total 'Abdu'-Bahá spent about 171 days in Paris.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; France; Marseilles, France; Paris, France | ||||||
1911 2 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Paris for Marseilles by train from the Gare de Lyon arriving late in the day. Little is known about His stay in that city save for one talk. [ABF246]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; France; Marseilles, France; Paris, France | ||||||
1912 23 Jul
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left New York, arriving in Boston the same day for His second visit. [239D:117; AB233]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; Nancy Douglas Bowditch; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 13 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Marseilles on the S. S. Himalaya for Port Said. Sailing with Him were: Mirza Ali-/akbar Nakhjavani, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, SIyyid Asadu'llah-i-Qumi and Mahmud Zarqani. [AB395; ABF667-669]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Egypt; France; Marseilles, France; Pilgrims; Port Said, Egypt; S. S. Himalaya; Ships | ||||||
1912 30 Aug
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Malden for Boston. He left Boston by train for Montreal, arriving at midnight. [239D:132; AB132; BW8:637]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; Boston, MA; Canada; Malden, MA; Maxwell residence, Montreal, QC; May Maxwell; Montreal, QC; Montreal Shrine; Trains; William Sutherland Maxwell | ||||||
1912 21 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Los Angeles for San Francisco. [AB310] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 21 Jan
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left London for Paris. [AB371]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; France; London, England; Paris, France; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 27 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Glenwood Springs for Salt Lake City. [239D:159] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Denver, CO; Glenwood Springs, CO; Salt Lake City, UT; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 30 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Denver for Chicago. [239D:175] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 26 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Denver and arrived in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [239D:158] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Colorado, USA; Denver, CO; Glenwood Springs, CO; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 7 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Cleveland for Pittsburgh, arriving the same day. [239D:63; AB189]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Cleveland, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 6 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Chicago, arriving in Cleveland the same day. [239D:57; AB189]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Ohio, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 4 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Chicago and arrived in Cincinnati the same day. [239D:179] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Ohio, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 12 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Buffalo for Chicago, passing by Niagara Falls and arriving at about 8PM at the LaSalle Station where He was received by the awaiting friends. Among them was Saichiro Fujita. [239D:142; MD257-259]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Corinne True; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 18 or 19 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Budapest and travelled to Vienna by rail, reaching the city in the evening and taking residence in the Grand Hotel.
Abdu'l-Bahá is reported to have said: "the freedom of Europeans, that an individual is free to do whatsoever he desires as long as he does not harm any other person," and says "In the religion of God, there is no freedom of action. Man cannot transgress the law of God, even if no harm is done to others. For the purpose of the law of God is education, for others and for oneself. In the sight of God, to harm oneself is the same as to harm someone else, and both are blameworthy." [Message 9 May 2014] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Egypt; Hungary; Port Said, Egypt; Trains; Vienna, Austria | ||||||
1912 26 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá left Boston and returned to New York, arriving in the evening. [239D:73; AB201]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Boston, MA; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 1 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; AB186; GPB288, 349; MBW143; Luminous Journey 47:00]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Nettie Tobin; United States (USA); Wilmette, IL | ||||||
1912 16 Aug
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá journeyed to Green Acre by car, arriving the same day. [239D:123; AB240]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Cars; Eliot, ME; Fred Mortensen; Green Acre Bahá’í School; Maine, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1914 29 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá instructed the remaining pilgrims in the Holy Land to leave. [AB406]
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Haifa, Israel; Pilgrims | ||||||
1912 29 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá hosted a Unity Feast in the Evergreen Cabin at the Wilhelm properties in West Englewood, New Jersey. [239D:102; AB223, PUP213]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Evergreen cabin; New Jersey, USA; Roy C. Wilhelm; United States (USA); Unity Feast; West Englewood, NJ | ||||||
1912 18 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá had instructed MacNutt to meet with a group of potential Covenant-breakers in Chicago and warn them of the danger. He also ordered MacNutt to break all communication with Ibrahim Kheiralla and other Covenant-breakers. He had failed to do as directed. They met in the Kenny's home for the first time since his trip, where `Abdu'l-Bahá advised him that he had violated the Covenant himself and commanded him to repent before a group of New York Bahá'ís gathered there, which he did, reluctantly. [DJT371; AY121] | Covenant-breaking; Howard MacNutt; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 28 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá gave private interviews in the morning then called on the Turkish Ambassador, Diya Pasha. [APD56-59] . He spent considerable time with the Turkish ambassador, Zia Pasha while in Washington. [AY86-87; Luminous Journey 36:45]
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- Ambassadors; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; Chicago, IL; Louise Gregory; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1911 3 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk that has been entitled, "Eleven essentials: the Bahai principles as taught by Abdu'l-Baha in London". ['Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks] He left London for Paris. [AB154; SBR25, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p22] |
* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; France; London, England; Marion Jack; Paris, France; United Kingdom | ||||||
1913 2 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá boarded a Lloyd Triestino boat (then called Lloyd Austriaco) bound for Haifa with stops at Port Said and Jaffa. [AB402] "Having raised the warning and urged the world to work for peace, 'Abdu'l-Bahá returned on 5 December 1913 to Haifa, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Aware of the coming war, He took steps to protect the Bahá'í community under His stewardship and to avert a famine in the region. One of His first decisions upon returning to the Holy Land was to send home all the Bahá'ís who were visiting from abroad." [BWNS1297] |
* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Egypt; Haifa, Israel; Jaffa, Israel; Lloyd Triestino (ship); Port Said, Egypt; Ships | ||||||
1912 6 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Washington DC. [239D:179]
"How savage and fearful the ferocity of man against his fellowman! Consider what is taking place now in the Balkans, what blood is being shed. Even the wild beasts and ferocious animals do not commit such acts. The most ferocious wolf kills but one sheep a day, and even that for his food. But now in the Balkans one man destroys ten fellow beings. The commanders of armies glory in having killed ten thousand men, not for food, nay, rather, for military control, territorial greed, fame and possession of the dust of the earth. They kill for national aggrandizement, notwithstanding this terrestrial globe is but a dark world of grossest matter. It is a world of sorrow and grief, a world of disappointment and unhappiness, a world of death. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1912 1 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in San Francisco about midnight. [239D:165; AB286] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; California, USA; San Francisco, CA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 28 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Salt Lake City. [239D:159] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Salt Lake City, UT; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 12 Nov
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in New York at 1:00 a.m. He and His party stayed at the "Champney House" located on Riverside Drive near the Hudson River at 309 West 78th Street. [AB329]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Champney House, New York; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 21 Jun
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Montclair, New Jersey for a 9 day stay. [239D:97; AB221] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Montclair, NJ; New Jersey, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1911 4 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in London accompanied by His secretary, Mírzá Mahmúd and Khusraw, His servant. This marked His first visit to the country and lasted 29 days. [ABL53, AB140; GBP280; SBR22, 148, BW4p378, In the Footsteps of the Master p.5]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Death threats to; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Charles Mason Remey; E. G. Browne; Emmeline Pankhurst; Ethel Rosenberg; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Jalálu'd-Din-Dawlih; James Lafayette; Juliet Thompson; Khusraw; London, England; Louise Waite; Lutfullah Hakim; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper (Maryam Khánum); Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; Mountfort Mills; Portraits; United Kingdom; Wellesley Tudor Pole | ||||||
1912 13 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Liverpool aboard the S. S. Celtic at about 9PM. He was met by dozens of Bahá'ís from Liverpool, Manchester and Leads as well as Hippolyte Drefus-Barney who had come from Paris. [AB343; SBR38, ABTM273-4] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Liverpool, England; S. S. Celtic; Ships; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 23 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Denver in the afternoon. [239D:152; SoG221-222; MD282-283] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Denver, CO; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 28 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Denver at midnight. [239D:175; AB316] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Denver, CO; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 31 Oct
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Chicago and gave a talk at the Plaza Hotel. The subject of this talk was The Covenant. [239D:176; PUP381].
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Bengal Renaissance; Chicago, IL; India; Rabindranath Tagore; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 9 Apr
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Budapest and He was met by a delegation at Keleti pu Ostbahnhof (Eastern Train Station). Another welcoming party had been waiting for Him at the Western station where a train had arrived from Vienna. He was escorted to the Ritz Hotel (now called the Hotel Forum) on the Pest side where He was further welcomed by a delegation of citizens. To compensate for the fact that many had missed His arrival at the train station, He held a press conference in the hotel lobby. [AB384, SBBR14p110]
"…it was His hope that Budapest might become a centre for the reunion of the East and the West, and that from this city the light might emanate to other places." ['Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest p1; BWNS303; MRHK363] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary | ||||||
1913 6 Jan
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá and His party, Síyyíd Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, His attendant, Ahmad Sohrab, His interpreter and Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání, His secretary, departed by train and arrive in Edinburgh's Waverly Station in the late afternoon. This marked the start of His only visit to Scotland,. It lasted 4 days. [SCU68]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Edinburgh, Scotland; Isabel Fraser Chamberlain; Scotland; Trains; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 28 May
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá and His party were evicted from their hotel because of the `coming and going of diverse people' and the `additional labours and troubles' caused to the staff. [239D:74] Talk at Reception at Metropolitan Temple, Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street, New York. [PUP150] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; New York, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1911 17 Sep
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the congregation of St John's, Westminster, His second address to a Western audience. He also met with members of the Salvation Army who were singing outside. [ABL21-25, AB145; SBR8, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p13, SYH38]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; London, England; United Kingdom; Westminster, England | ||||||
1912 4 Dec
191- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá addressed His last meeting in North America with a talk to Theosophical Society, 2228 Broadway, New York. [239D:193, PUP462] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; New York, USA; Theosophical Society; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 14 Apr
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá's plan had been to leave but His departure was delayed due to a request from the president of the Túránian Society, Count Pal Teleki, who later became the Hungarian Prime Minister two times.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Alí Abbas Áqá; Arminius Vambery; Budapest, Hungary; Count Pal Teleki; Hungary; Iraq; Karbala, Iraq; Leopold Stark | ||||||
1917 3 Apr
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá's exhortation on China was published in the Star of the West on the 28th of April, 1917. "China, China, China, China-ward the Cause of Baha'o'llah must march! Where is that holy, sanctified Bahai to become the teacher of China! China has most great capability. The Chinese people are most simple-hearted and truth-seeking." and "China is the country of the future."
[SotW_Vol-01 (Mar 1910)-Vol-10 (Mar 1919) p2127/2922]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Chen Ting Mo; China; Pioneering; Travel teaching | ||||||
1911 23 Aug
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá went for a carriage ride in the nearby hills. ["With 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Switzerland" by Juliet Thompson, SoW Vol 2 no 14 (Nov 23, 1911) p9-13, ABF15]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Annie Boylan; France; Iran; Isfahan, Iran; King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Thonon-les-Bains, France; Zillus-Sultan | ||||||
1911 22 Sep
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá visited the home of Misses Marion Jack and Elizabeth Herrick, at 10 Cheniston Gardens, Wright's Lane (sometimes given as
137a High Street, Kensington). About 80 people were present.
[ABL48-49, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p14; SoW Vol 2 No 12 October 16, 1911 p5]
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* Publications; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Elizabeth Herrrick; London, England; Marion Jack; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 14 Dec
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá stayed in Liverpool at the Adelphi Hotel (now known as the Britannia Adelphi hotel). His first talk was to the Theosophical Society. [ABTM274, SoW Vol III No17 9Jan1913 p3; A Supplement to Àbdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 p11; ABE25-27]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Liverpool, England; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom | ||||||
1912 4 Aug
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a group of 28 black people on the importance of unity and friendship between the races and announced that Louise Mathew and Louis Gregory were to be married. [SYH71]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Dublin, Ireland; Louis G. Gregory; Louise Gregory; New Hampshire, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1913 14 Jan
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke in the East End of London at a Congregational Church. [CH168, AB369, ABTM299] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; London, England; United Kingdom | ||||||
1911 24 Nov
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about the press coverage given to a train accident that claimed the lives of some 20 people in Paris the previous day. He compared this to the apparent indifference to the news that 5,000 people had been killed in the bombing in Tripoli as the Turkish-Italian war raged on there. [ABF221-223; The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races]
In a comment not in the transcript of the talk in Promulgation of Universal Peace He is recorded as having said that the Italians left their country:
To Him the occupation of Libya was "an illegal assault. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine by Kamran Ekbal p19] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Colonialism and imperialism; Paris, France | ||||||
1911 10 Mar
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá sent Lua Getsinger and Dr Ameen Farid to California where they spoke to some 5,000 people delivering lectures on "Bahá'í Reformation" or referring to it in the course of lectures on other subjects. She spent two weeks visiting friends in Chicago and then departed for California on the 10th of March. [LGHC123]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); California, USA; Lua Getsinger; Mexico; Red Cross; San Quentin State Prison; Tijuana, Mexico; Travel teaching; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 25 Dec
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá paid a visit to Lord Lamington (Cochrane-Baillie) who was deeply touched by the message of peace and goodwill. [PG141] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Charles Cochrane-Baillie; London, England; United Kingdom | ||||||
1913 23 Jun
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk in Port Sa'íd, Egypt, in which He mentioned a certain cardinal that He had encountered while in the United States and who had made several remarks against Him. In the talk 'Abdu'l-Bahá described the "display" of the Cardinal who had come on behalf of the Pope to dedicate the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado, and compared it with the "display" of Christ on the cross.
See Talk 23 June 1913 for a provisional translation of the talk by Adib Masumian. As mentioned in the footnotes the unnamed man was Cardinal John Murphy Farley of New York. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; Egypt; Port Said, Egypt | ||||||
1911 27 Aug
191- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá and His party took a ferry to Vevey, a resort town on the other side of Lake Geneva (Lake Leman). Vevey was the location of the Dreyfus summer home and it was near here that Lady Blomfield and her daughters finalized the translation of Paris Talks [ABF33-44, DJT186, SoW vol 2 no 14]
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- Bahá'í inspired schools; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Edith Sanderson; Elizabeth Stewart; Evian-les-Bains, France; France; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Lillian Kappes; Paris Talks (book); Switzerland; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; Thonon-les-Bains, France; Vevey, Switzerland | ||||||
1913 (prior to `Abdu'l-Bahá's departure fm Egypt)
191- |
"Tamaddunu'l-Mulk (Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Husayn Khán Qalátí Shirází) caused mischief amongst the friends and perpetrated such disunity that the foundation of the divine Faith was nearly destroyed. On numerous occasions, he repented. And yet, after each contrition, he would cause further mischief. Eventually, I telegraphed that Tamaddun is expelled and association with him is not permissible."
[Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers: Excerpt by Abdu'l-Bahá translated by Ahang Rabbani]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Covenant-breaking; Egypt; Iran; Tamaddunul-Mulk; Tehran, Iran | ||||||
1919 (Late Winter until Early Autumn and beyond)
191- |
"Red Summer" is the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which white supremacist terrorism and racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States, as well as in one rural county in Arkansas.
Some historians claim that the racial terror connected with "Red Summer" began as early as 1917 during the bloody massacre that occurred in East St. Louis, Illinois, a barbaric pogrom that would eventually set the stage for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst episodes of post-Civil War racial violence ever committed against Black Americans. The Tulsa Massacre left as many as 300 Black people dead and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of Greenwood, an all-Black community so wealthy, the philosopher Booker T. Washington called it "Negro Wall Street." [Red Summer: When Racists Mobs Ruled] It was against this backdrop of racial tension and hatred that the Baha'i community promoted racial amity. [SYH125-126] |
Race amity; Race unity; Racism; Red Summer; United States (USA) | ||||||
1918 23 Sep
191- |
"During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Bahá faced repeated threats against His life by authorities who were antagonistic towards Him and the Bahá'ís. The Commander of the Ottoman fourth army corps had even threatened to crucify 'Abdu'l-Bahá if the Turkish army were ever to be displaced out of Haifa." Lady Blomfield in London had learned of these threats and through her contacts in Cabinet, the British Army was instructed to protect Him and His family. [BWNS69, BWNS1202]
The British army took the city in the 1st Battle of Haifa: The battle was won due to a courageous uphill assault by the Jodhpur Lancers of the Indian Army who took the German and Turkish artillery and machine gun emplacements on top of Mount Carmel by surprise. This attack is believed to have been one of the last cavalry charge in modern military history. Each year, on this date, the Indian Army commemorates this victory as Haifa Day. [AY104; BBR335; DH148, Scroll In 68095] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Death threats to; Armies; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Battle of Haifa (1918); Germany; Haifa, Israel; History (general); Indian Army; Israel; Jodhpur Lancers; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Mount Carmel; Turkey; War (general); World War I | ||||||
1913 1 Aug
191- |
With his final year of high school over, Shoghi Effendi hastened from Beirut to Ramleh to join the Master. He, the Greatest Holy Leaf and the eldest daughter of `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Egypt. [PG9 AB401]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Covenant-breaking; Egypt; Iran; Ramleh, Egypt; Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; Tammaddunul-Mulk; Tehran, Iran | ||||||
1919 Nov
191- |
William Harry Randall, an American, asked `Abdu'l-Bahá if he might contribute to the building of the Western Pilgrim House. [DH179]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Amelia Collins; Haifa, Israel; Pilgrim House, Western (Haifa); Pilgrim Houses; William Harry Randall | ||||||
1913 10 Apr
191- |
While walking `Abdu'l-Bahá crossed the Chain Bridge and attracted a crowd of curious onlookers who had seen His picture in the newspaper. [MRHK363]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary | ||||||
1912 22 Sep
191- |
While passing through Lincoln, Nebraska 'Abdu'l-Bahá's intention was to return the visit of William and Mary Bryan who had met Him in Akka in 1906. Upon telephoning they learned that Mr Bryan was not at home but Mrs Bryan invited Him to their home for tea. (Mr Bryan was on a campaign tour for the future president, Woodrow Wilson. Bryan later become his Secretary of State.) [MD281; 239D152; ABW74; SoG221] iiiii | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Lincoln, NE; Mary Elizabeth Baird; Nebraska, USA; William Jennings Bryan | ||||||
1911 9 Aug
191- |
When 'Abdu'l-Bahá was about to depart on his first voyage to the West, He wrote to Albert Smiley, host of the annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration. On the 22nd of August, 1911 while in Thonon-les-Bains, France, He wrote to H.C. Phillips, secretary of the Mohonk arbitration institution. These letters were unique because He usually didn't initiate correspondence. He was, undoubtedly, making arrangements to speak at their annual conference as Ali Kuli Khan had recently done.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Albert Smiley; `Alí Kulí Khán; Egypt; France; H. C. Phillips; Lake Mohonk, NY; Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration; Thonon-les-Bains, France | ||||||
1910 Nov
191- |
Wellesley Tudor Pole met 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Alexandria. An interview with him appeared in Christian Commonwealth (1910 28 Dec), "A Wonderful Movement in The East" (reproduced in SoW Vol 1 Issue 18 p1-4. [SYH6] | `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt; Wellesley Tudor Pole | ||||||
1911 11 May
191- |
W. Morgan Shuster was an American chosen by the Persian Chargé d'Affaires at Washington, Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, to serve as Treasurer-General of Persia for a period of three years. His mandate was to organize and conduct the collection and disbursements of the revenues. Four American assistants were likewise engaged to serve under the Treasurer-General. Since the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907 the country was under the influence of the Russians in the north and the British in the south. The purpose in engaging Shuster was to put the country's financial affairs in order so that they might attract investment from other nations.
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`Alí Kulí Khán; Colonialism and imperialism; History (general); Iran; Iran, History (general); United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1912 10 Sep
191- |
Upon arrival in Buffalo, NY,Àbdu'l-Bahá was greeted by journalists. Their articles in the newspapers generated interest and a great number of people came out to see Him. An article from the Buffalo Courier on 11 September 1912 reported on ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s talk the previous night, in which He predicted the coming war. “The continent of Europe is one vast arsenal, which only requires one spark at its foundations and the whole of Europe will become a wasted wilderness,” the newspaper quoted ‘Abdu’l-Baha as saying. [Remembering 'Abdu'l-Baha's Call for Unity, a Century after World War I Bahá'í World News Service 2018-11-26]
He and his companions took the trolley to see Niagara Falls and on His arrival at His hotel back in Buffalo He was greated by awaiting journalists, The evening talk was about unity and amity among the peoples of the East and the West and also about the degrees of love which bring the whole creation into existence. [MD252-254] |
- Newspapers and news media (press); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Buffalo, NY | ||||||
1912 4 Feb
191- |
Two Bahá'ís were killed in Máhfurúzak, Mázandarán. [BW18:387] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Mahfurúzak, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran | ||||||
1914 1 Nov
191- |
Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers.
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Knighthood (KBE); Abu-Sinan, Israel; Adasiyyih, Palestine; Asfiya, Palestine; Charity and relief work; Daliya, Palestine; Druze; Exemplar (film); Haifa, Israel; History (general); Israel; Jordan; Mírzá Ḍíyá’u’lláh; Nughayb, Palestine; Palestine; Samirih, Palestine; Social and economic development; United Kingdom; War (general); World War I | ||||||
1912 30 Sep
191- |
Thornton Chase, the first American Bahá'í, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in California before 'Abdu'l-Bahá'í and His retinue arrive. He was buried at Inglewood. He had been named Thábit (Steadfast) by the Master. [BBD71; BFA2:XVII]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; - In Memoriam; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; California, USA; Cemeteries and graves; Los Angeles, CA; Thornton Chase; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 (In the year)
191- |
There were about two dozen Bahá'ís in Canada by this year. [BFA2:158] | Canada; Statistics | ||||||
1917 6 Apr
191- |
The United States entered World War I.
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Europe; History (general); United States (USA); War (general); World War I | ||||||
1916 (in the year)
191- |
The United States census showed 2,884 Bahá'ís. [BBRSM:105; SBBH1:117] | Statistics; United States (USA) | ||||||
1912 13 Sep
191- |
The True home was inundated with visitors and among them, a group of black believers. 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk in the evening. The three large rooms on the ground floor were filled to capacity and He walked from room to room as He spoke. [MD260-262] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; Corinne True | ||||||
1919 28 Jun
191- |
The Treaty of Versailles was concluded. The United States never signed the Treaty of Versailles, never joined the League of Nations which President Wilson's foes derisively referred to as 'Wilson's League'. The USA made separate treaties with Germany and the other Central Powers. Wilson died on the 3rd of February, 1924. [AY160-169; US Office of the Historian] Shoghi Effendi's tribute is as follows: "To ... President ... Woodrow Wilson, must be ascribed the unique honour, among the statesmen of any nation, whether of the East or of the West, of having voiced sentiments so akin to the principles animating the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh, and of having more than any other world leader, contributed to the creation of the League of Nations—achievements which the pen of the Centre of God's Covenant acclaimed as signalizing the dawn of the Most Great Peace, whose sun, according to that same pen, must needs arise as the direct consequence of the enforcement of the laws of the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh." [CoF36] |
France; History (general); League of Nations; Most Great Peace; Peace; Peace treaties; Treaty of Versailles; Versailles, France; War (general); Woodrow Wilson; World War I; World peace | ||||||
1911 29 Oct
191- |
The title for 'Abdu'l-Bahá's morning talk was Worldly riches do not help Spirit. [ABF133, SoW vol 2 no 16 p4-5]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; France; Gabriel Sacy; Paris, France | ||||||
1912 15 Apr
191- |
The Titanic was the largest steamship ever built. She was 882 feet long, 96 feet wide, displacing 45,000 tons. Her luxurious appointments included a theatre seating 1,200, a church somewhat smaller, a ballroom accommodating 500 couples, beautiful salons, palm courts, gymnasium, bowling alley, tennis court and a swimming pool. She could accommodate nearly 4,000 passengers and carried a crew of 860. She set forth on her first and fatal voyage from Southampton, England, April 10, 1912, the pride of her builders and an admiring world. At 11:40 p. m., Sunday, April 14, she grazed a mammoth iceberg, tore open her hull, and in two and one-half hours sank in 2,000 fathoms, taking over 1,500 souls to a watery grave.—The Editors. [SoW Vol 4 No 12 16 Oct 1913 p210] | Titanic | ||||||
1916 16 May
191- |
The Sykes–Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret 1916 agreement between the United Kingdom and France, to which the Russian Empire assented. The agreement allocated to Britain control of areas roughly comprising the coastal strip between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan, Jordan, southern Iraq, and an additional small area that included the ports of Haifa and Acre, to allow access to the Mediterranean. France got control of southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Russia was to get Istanbul, the Turkish Straits and Armenia. The controlling powers were left free to determine state boundaries within their areas. Further negotiation was expected to determine international administration in the "brown area" (an area including Jerusalem, similar to and smaller than Mandate Palestine), the form of which was to be decided upon after consultation with Russia, and subsequently in consultation with the other Allies, and the representatives of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. [Wikipedia] | - Middle East; Akka, Israel; Haifa, Israel; History (general); Israel; Palestine; Sykes-Picot Agreement (Asia Minor Agreement) | ||||||
1912 8 Oct
191- |
The start of the the First Balkan War when Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia constituting the Balkan League and having large parts of their ethnic populations under
Ottoman sovereignty, attacked the Ottoman Empire, terminating its five centuries of rule in the Balkans. The seven-month campaign ended in the Treaty of London (30 May 1913) brokered and mediated by the great powers of Europe, including the United Kingdom, Russia, France, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. They sought to prevent further conflicts in the Balkans and to maintain stability in the region.
The main provisions included the following: See also a talk at the Japanese Independent Church. [PUP343-348] |
Balkans; Colonialism and imperialism; Ethnic divisions; History (general); London, England; United Kingdom | ||||||
1911 29 Sep
191- |
The start of the Italo-Turkish war which lasted until the 18th of October 1912 when the Ottoman Empire signed a treaty in Ouchy in Lausanne called the First Treaty of Lausanne, (often also called Treaty of Ouchy to distinguish it from the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne), (the Second Treaty of Lausanne). Italy's victory led to the annexation of the Ottoman Tripolitania Vilayet, including sub-provinces like Fezzan, Cyrenaica, and Tripoli itself. These regions later became Italian colonies known as Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, which eventually merged into Italian Libya. Italy established control over Libya and would govern the region until the end of World War II.
After defeating the Ottoman army they confiscated on large scale the lands of the Arab peasants on which Italian settlements were established and large numbers of Italian settlers were brought in for the cultivation of cash products. The war cost Italy 1.3 billion lire, nearly a billion more than Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti had estimated before the war. This ruined ten years of fiscal prudence. This war is notable for the introduction of new military technologies including the use of the airplane for reconnaissance and bombing. It also included the first instance of an airplane being shot down by ground fire. The Italians also used a wireless telegraph network established with the help of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. This war is considered by historians as a precursor of the First World War. Members of the Balkan League, seeing how easily Italy defeated the Ottomans and motivated by incipient Balkan nationalism, attacked the Ottoman Empire in October 1912, starting the First Balkan War a few days before the end of the Italo-Turkish War. [Wikipedia] The Battle of Benghazi was a preliminary to the fascist invasion of Ethiopia and Italy's ambitions to establish its own colonial empire. [Wikipedia] |
Colonialism and imperialism; History (general); Italy; Libya; Turkey | ||||||
1913 23 Jan
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The start of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's third visit to France. It lasted 2 months and 9 days.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; France; Henri Bergson; Natalie Clifford Barney; Paris, France | ||||||
1911 4 Oct
191- |
The start of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's third stay in France. It lasted 2 month and 9 days.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Avenue de Camoens, Paris; France; Paris, France | ||||||
1913 16 Jun
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The Second Balkan War broke out on 16 June 1913 when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with the territorial gains it had made in the Treaty of London (1913), attacked its former allies, Serbia and Greece. Those armies repulsed the Bulgarian offensive and then attacked, penetrating into Bulgaria. Romania and the Ottomans used the opportunity to intervene against Bulgaria to make territorial gains. In the resulting Treaty of Constantinople (29 September 1913) with a redrawing of borders on ethnical lines they recovered Adrianople. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine by Kamran Ekbal p6] | Bulgaria; Edirne, Turkey; Greece; Istanbul, Turkey; Romania; Serbia; Turkey | ||||||
1910 25 - 26 Apr
191- |
The Second Annual Convention of the Bahá'í Temple Unity was held in Corinthian Hall, 17th Floor of the Masonic Temple at State and Randolph Streets.
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Chicago, IL; Conventions, National; Honoré Jaxon; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette | ||||||
1918 (After the National Convention)
191- |
The publication of the second edition of
Compilation of the Holy Utterances of Bahaʼollah and Abdul Baha, Concerning the Most Great Peace, War and the Duty of the Bahais toward their Government, authorized the the Tenth Annual Convention of the Bahais of America held in Chicago.
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Chicago, IL; Compilation of the Holy Utterances of Bahaollah and `Abdu'l-Bahá; United States (USA) | ||||||
c. 1917
191- |
The publication of the booklet entitled Some Vital Bahai Principles by Charles Mason Remey. | * Publications; Charles Mason Remey; East Lansing, MI | ||||||
1918 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of the 2nd edition of Some Answered Questions by the Bahai Publishing Society in Chicago.
The book was in high demand and the Society had sold all its copies so they asked Laura Barney for permission for a second publishing. She took the opportunity to make some corrections and added "one lesson". She asked that the copyright of the book be put in her name in the United States. [LB174-175] |
Chicago, IL; Laura Clifford Barney; Some Answered Questions (book) | ||||||
1912 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement, Social, Economic, Governmental by The Persian-American Bulletin.
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* Introductory; Persian-American Bulletin; United States (USA); Washington, DC, USA | ||||||
1914 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of The River of Life: A Selection from the teachings of Baha Allah and Abdul Baha as translated by Johanna Dawud published in London by Cope & Fenwick. [Collins4-249 p27] | London, England; United Kingdom; Yuhanna Dawud | ||||||
1911 (In the Year)
191- |
The publication of The Mountain of God by E. S. (Ethel Stefana) Stevens (later Mrs E M Drower, Lady Drower) in London by Mills and Boon. The romantic novel is noteworthy for the author's pen portrait of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and it records impressions of the Bahá'í community as well as life in 'Akká and Haifa in 1911.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Pen portraits; E. S. Stevens; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel | ||||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of Questions and Answers in the East. It was a document comprising exclusively of answers Bahá'u'lláh revealed in response to questions about the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Questions were submitted in writing and answers were likewise revealed in writing. It is by nature of small size regarded as an appendix to the Most Holy Book. Its compiler was Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín, one of the erudite, devoted and trusted followers of Bahá'u'lláh. He was a mujtahid (specialized in Islamic jurisprudence) before embracing the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths. Bahá'u'lláh authorized him not only to ask questions about the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, but also to compile Risálih-i-Su'ál va Javáb (Questions and Answers).
The text of Questions and Answers, though compiled during Bahá'u'lláh's ministry, remained unpublished until 1910. Its English translation was published together with the authorized English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in 1992-3. The reason for the delay in the publication of Questions and Answers was the necessity for Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Laws to be translated and annotated under the aegis of the Universal House of Justice. Without the Book, the appendix would have had no source of reference. [Lights of Irfán vol. 18 p430-432] |
* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Publications; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas); Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín (Mullá Zaynul-ʻÁbidín) | ||||||
1914 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of Kitáb-i Badáyi'u'l-Áthár written by Mírza Mahmúd-i Zarqání, by Elegant Photo-Litho Press in Bombay. The English translation, Mahmúd's Diary, was published in 1998 by George Ronald Publisher. [APD151] "Mírzá Mahmúd was a careful and faithful chronicler and engaged in assembling and publishing his work with the permission of the beloved Master . . ." (The Universal House of Justice - a letter dated April 30, 1984 addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States). |
* Publications; * Publishing; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; India; Mahmuds Diary; Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; Mumbai, India | ||||||
1918 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of Excerpts from Mysterious Forces of Civilization, Written by an Eminent Bahai Philosopher in 1975: Excerpts from A Traveler's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Bab. No publication information. [Collins3-43 p10]
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Bruce Barick; Illinois, USA; Nasrin Khademi; Wilmette, IL; Yuhanna Dawud | ||||||
1912 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of The Brilliant Proof by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání in Chicago by the Bahai News Service, 1912. The first edition notes state that it was written December 28, 1911, in Syria, "by the pen of Mirza Abul Fazl Gulpaygan."
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* Publications; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Brilliant Proof (book); Chicago, IL; Criticism and apologetics; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Proofs; United States (USA) | ||||||
1916 May
191- |
The publication of Tablets of Abdul-Baha abbas Volume III by the Bahai Publishing Society of Chicago. | Chicago, IL; Illinois, USA; Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá (3 volumes) | ||||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of Fifty-Three Years in Syria by Reverend H. H. Jessup. (Apologies: this link does not have the same text as found on SBBR1p78) [Collins10.818]
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Christian missionaries; Criticism and apologetics; Henry Jessup; Syria; United States (USA) | ||||||
1914 Jan
191- |
The publication of A Brief History of Beha'u'llah: the Founder of Behai Religion by M J Gazvini. [Collins7.1530] | Akka, Israel; Mírzá Muhammad Javád Gazvini | ||||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of The Splendor of God Being Extracts from the Sacred Writings of the Bahais with introduction by Eric Hammond. Published by E P Dutton and Company in New York.
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* Publications; Eric Hammond; New York, USA; New York, USA; Splendor of God (book) | ||||||
1919 Feb
191- |
The publication of Tablets of Abdul-Baha abbas Volume II Second edition. (The first edition was published in May 1915). It was published by the Bahai Publishing Society in Chicago. | Chicago, IL; Illinois, USA; Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá (3 volumes) | ||||||
1919 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of The New Day; The Bahai Revelation by Charles Mason Remey. The book was a brief statement of the history and the teachings of the Faith. | * Publications; Charles Mason Remey; East Lansing, MI; Michigan, USA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of The Mysterious Forces of Civilisation; Written in Persian by an eminent Bahai Philosopher translated y Johanna Dawud in London by Cope & Fenwick and in Chicago by the Bahá'í Publishing Society in 1910 and 1918. [BEL 3-79 p12] | London, England; Yuhanna Dawud | ||||||
1915 Sep
191- |
The publication of The Persian Rival to Jesus, And His American Disciples by Robert P. Richardson. This 24-page "history" concludes by saying, "And Bahaism is simply a sectarian religion; it is a reversion to modes of thought that the ideals of civilization have long ago outgrown."
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Criticism and apologetics; Opposition; Robert P. Richardson | ||||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts by Laura Clifford Barney, (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1910). The play, based on the life of the Báb, centred on Táhirih. | * Báb, The (chronology); - Drama; - Plays; Laura Clifford Barney; London, England; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn | ||||||
1911 - 1914
191- |
The publication of Le Beyan Persan in Paris by A. L. M. Nicolas. It was a French translation of the Persian Bayán and was published in four volumes. [BBR39] | * Báb, Writings of; * Publications; * Translation; A. L. M. Nicolas; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); France; Paris, France | ||||||
1917 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of O Christians! Why do Ye Believe Not on Christ? by Ibrahim George Kheiralla.
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1910 (In the year)
191- |
The publication of The Oriental Rose, or, The teachings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá which trace the chart of "The Shining Pathway" by Mary Hanford Finney Ford. [Collins7.983]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Introductory; * Publications; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pen portraits; Mary Hanford Ford; New York, USA; Pen portraits; Portraits; United States (USA) | ||||||
1915 In 1915 and 1916
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The publication of Bahaism and Its Claims: A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Ullah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson. It has been described as a "hostile and uninformed Christian missionary's overview of the Bahá'í Faith".
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Bahá'ísm and Its Claims (book); Opposition; Samuel Graham Wilson | ||||||
1919 13 Apr
191- |
The passing of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (b. 3 December, 1842) in her home in Pleasanton, California during the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. She was buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California. [AY49, Find a grave, Bahá'í Chronicles]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; California, USA; Cemeteries and graves; Colma, CA; Lua Getsinger; Names and titles; Phoebe Hearst; Pleasanton, CA; United States (USA) | ||||||
1919 13 Aug
191- |
The passing of Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan Táliqání, Hand of the Cause of God, entitled Adíbu'l-'Ulamá, know as Adíb (Educator) in Tihrán at the Shah's College established by Násirii'd-Dín Sháh. He was born in Talaqán in 1848 and became a Bahá'í around 1889. [BBD98, SUR29]
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- Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; - In Memoriam; Adib (Hájí Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíbu'l-`Ulamá Talaqaní); Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Iran; Tálaqán, Iran; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; Tehran, Iran | ||||||
1910 4 Mar
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The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí, (Hájí Akhund). He was born in Shahmírzád around 1842/3. [Bahaipedia]
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- Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí); Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Iran; Shahmirzad, Iran; Tehran, Iran | ||||||
1917 (in the year)
191- |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Abharí (Ibn-i-Abhar). He was born in 1853/4 in Abhar.
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- Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Abhar, Iran; Blessed Is the Spot (text); Caucasus; Chains; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Ibn-i-Abhar (Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí); India; Iran; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Tehran, Iran; Women | ||||||
1910 18 - 29 May
191- |
The Paris International Air Navigation Conference of 1910, also known as the Conférence internationale de navigation aérienne, was the first diplomatic conference to consider formulating international aviation law. It was proposed by the French government who were concerned about aircraft from foreign nations flying over their territory and was attended by representatives from 19 European nations. The conference went into recess in June 1910 but did not reconvene due to differences of opinion and then later the outbreak of the First World War. Hence, no agreement was signed. Its deliberations, however, influenced the development of international aviation law.
For obvious reasons, the treatment of aviation matters was a subject at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The conference was the first political effort to develop the doctrines of international law relating to aerial navigation. Delegates disagreed about the right of foreign aircraft to fly over national territory. It was resolved to create an Aeronautical Commission charged to prepare a convention on international aerial navigation. The result was the creation of the International Commission for Air Navigation under the authority of the League of Nations. This Paris Convention was the first successful attempt at common regulation of international air navigation and laid the foundations of air law. A proposal was formally taken up by France and submitted to the other principal Allied powers who received it favourably. This action then resulted in the drawing up of the International Air Convention, which was signed by 26 of the 32 Allied and Associated powers represented at the Paris Peace Conference and was ultimately ratified by 38 States. It should be noted that this Convention took over all the principles that had already been formulated by the Conference that had been held in 1910 in Paris. The Convention was ultimately in force for thirty-three States by 1940. The U.S. government extended an invitation to 55 States to attend an International Civil Aviation Conference in Chicago in 1944. Known then and today more commonly as the 'Chicago Convention', this landmark agreement laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air navigation. It set out as its prime objective the development of international civil aviation "…in a safe and orderly manner", and such that air transport services would be established "on the basis of equality of opportunity and operated soundly and economically." On 4 April 1947, upon sufficient ratifications to the Chicago Convention, the International Civil Aviation Authority came into being. The first official ICAO Assembly was held in Montreal in May of that year. On 3 October 1947 the ICAO became a UN specialized agency. Today the ICAO has 193 Members States with headquarters located in the Quartier international de Montréal of Montreal, Quebec, Canada with seven Regional Offices throughout the world. [Chicago Convention; 1919 Paris Convention; ICAO website] |
Chicago, IL; International relations; International standards; Montreal, QC; Paris, France; United Nations | ||||||
1910 (In the year)
191- |
The Ottoman officials, architects and masons came from Constantinople for the express purpose of planning a city outside of the old prison walls. They opened two large gateways through the thick, solid and ancient walls of the old fort of Acca. Both opened out on the green plain in front of Bahji. -Ameen U. Fareed (Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 9, August 20, 1910) | Akka, Israel; History (general) | ||||||
1913 28 Aug
191- |
The opening of the Peace Palace in The Hague. |
Fortresses, castles and palaces; Netherlands; Peace Palace, The Hague; The Hague, Netherlands | ||||||
1916 Oct
191- |
The North American Bahá'í community began a teaching campaign aiming to teach the Faith in the many states named in the Tablets of the Divine Plan, and Montreal was designated the centre of the Northern Territory of the Campaign, which was assigned the responsibility of teaching the Faith in Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Mackenzie, Keewatin, Ungava, Franklin Island, and Greenland .[SoW Vol 7 No 12 16 October 1916 p112] | Canada; Greenland; Montreal, QC; Tablets of the Divine Plan | ||||||
1917 (in the year)
191- |
The news magazine, Khurshid-i khavar (Sun of the East) commenced publication. [BWNS1289] | * Publications; - First publications; - Periodicals; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Ishqabad (Ashgabat); Khurshid-i khavar (Sun of the East); Turkmenistan | ||||||
1917 28 Jul
191- |
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) organized a Silent Protest Parade, also known as the Silent March, on 5th Avenue in New York City. This protest was a response to violence against African Americans, including the race riots, lynching, and outrages in Texas, Tennessee, Illinois, and other states. [Black Past] One incident in particular, the East St. Louis Race Riot, also called the East St. Louis Massacre, was a major catalyst of the silent parade. This horrific event drove close to six thousand blacks from their own burning homes and left several hundred dead. |
East St. Louis, IL; Martha Gruening; Michigan, USA; National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); New York, USA; New York, USA; Race; Racism; W. E. B. Du Bois | ||||||
1911 3 Nov
191- |
The morning talk in His apartment was on The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul. [ABF149-151, PT64-67]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; France; Paris, France |
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